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Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Solve Mysteries On Sesame Street

In the grand Jim Henson tradition of using puppets to introduce kids to pop culture references they’re too young to understand, Sesame Street brought in Benedict Cumberbatch for a counting challenge, brought to him by his archnemesis “Murray-arty.” O.K., so he’s actually not Sherlock Holmes in real life and doesn’t have archnemeses, but that doesn’t mean it won’t take a hot minute—and some help from The Count—to figure out if there are more apples or oranges on that table.

As pop culture references on Sesame Street go, this one’s pretty thin—fans of the BBC Sherlock series could probably think of endless ways to include Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock’s tightly wound older brother Mycroft, or even the tension between him and his friend Dr. Watson (Martin Freeman) since Sherlock returned form faking his own death at the end of the second season. After all, this is the show that has brought us pitch-perfect parodies like “The Hungry Games: Catching Fur,” in which romantic hero Peeta is transformed into an actual loaf of pocket bread.

Kids who want their Sherlock Holmes more old-school, with the deerstalker cap and everything, will at least always have Sherlock Hemlock to rely on.